In the Parks

Did you ever work as a lifeguard? Please take a few minutes to tell us about it. 

TAKE THE SURVEY 

Share your experience to inspire the next generation of lifeguards!

PARD Aquatic Division needs to train and hire another 700 lifeguards for the coming swim season. Recruitment is ongoing. 

Part of this year’s recruitment strategy is to talk about how lifeguarding can be a great career steppingstone. 

Huston-Tillotson University is helping Austin Parks and Recreation understand what people think about issues at Lady Bird Lake such as safety and environmental quality.

If you walk, run, bike, hike, paddle, kayak, float, play, picnic, or relax at Lady Bird Lake, then we want to hear from you!

Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/HTLake.

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department’s Brush Square Museums, in collaboration with the Brush Square Museums Foundation, presents the 45th Annual O. Henry Museum Pun Off World Championships on October 8 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., an internationally renowned spoken word competition focused on the art of the pun. Usually held behind the O. Henry Museum, this year it will temporarily be hosted at the City of Austin’s Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street, while Brush Square is under renovation.
 

Hundreds of people jump off bridges, so it must be harmless, right? Wrong! It is prohibited in Austin primarily because you can hurt or kill yourself or someone else. Jumpers can land on rocks, rebar, swimmers, boaters or animal life.

There’s a free shuttle service to Zilker Metropolitan Park from the One Texas Center parking garage this summer through Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2022. 

• It runs 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday, and on Labor Day Monday

• Park in the One Texas Center parking garage, 505 Barton Springs Rd. 

Eastwoods Park has a notable history as the site of Wheeler’s Grove, one of Austin’s earliest Emancipation Parks where African Americans celebrated Juneteenth annually. One of Austin’s first public parks, it was formally opened to the public in 1930. In 1964, it became the first home of Eeyore’s Birthday Party.